Out of the febrile Bergen music scene come Norwegian 'blackened thrash' bruisers Byfrost. We get the chance to talk in an exclusive interview at the sick extravaganza that was the 2010 Hole In The Sky Festival. Contraband Candy's René puts down her beer, gets under the hood and has a good old root around!
Hot new breed British thrashers Evile take some time out at Bergen's famous Garage venue to answer questions about their meteoric rise, their gaming habits and hot backstage action in Sheffield, England! René stays calm and digs deep to find out what makes these boys tick, so get the low-down straight from firebrand guitar god Ol Drake and the X-Man of technical drumming, Ben Carter.
We were totally stoked to get an interview with possibly the darkest and coolest Black Metal band on the planet right now!Right before their incredible show at 2010 Hole In The Sky Festival in Bergen, Norway, E (Erik Danielsson) from the band talked to us about the necessity of controversy, confrontation and bar fights when he and his bunch of wild boys get out on the road... about disliking comparison with other bands plus their upcoming European and US Tour.Coupled with some exclusive live f...
Well these dudes sure gave us a good aural kicking with their monster Death-thrash riffology... such nice guys, but SOOO brutal!Hot news was the recent addition to the line-up of Keep Of Kalessin front man Thebon giving their sound a slicker edge. We found out how this all came about, what the band's immediate plans are and who they'd shag if they had to be gay!
Welcome to our first interview from one of Norways coolest summer events, the ultra-hip Hole In The Sky Festival. ;Propping up the bar in Bergen's famous Garage venue, we bumped into Trevor Peres and Ralph Santolla of Death Metal legends Obituary! Dragging them outside for a few minutes, we got the guys to chat about the new man in the line-up and what happened to Frank, the coming band anniversary and their plans, porn star names and embarrassing places to wake up after a night on the lash.Co...
At a Metal Festival, in between the great bands and the beer-haze, are you ever struck by the thought, "I wonder how they run one of these things?"Well we asked Ana, one of the co-founders of up-and-coming European festival Metalcamp what it takes to get the show on the road.See the festival in all its crazy glory and find out if you've got what it takes to really make Metal happen - or whether you are indeed the lightweight you always knew you were.It all sounds like damn hard work to us, but...
This is Maud Robadey, photographer, in her own words.Growing up in Switzerland, Maud moved to Norway speaking no Norwegian or English and carved out a photographic career for herself, snapping some of the most important musicians of the last decade at concerts and festivals all over Europe.Now based back home in Switzerland, she continues to take stunning images and here she tells us something of what motivates, drives and inspires her.
Ever wanted to get to see some of the landmark places from the Norwegian Black Metal scene of the early '90s?Well, attendees of Oslo's celebrated Inferno Festival have for past three years had the opportunity to get a guided tour of some crucial sites, like the old Helvete record store, once owned by Euronymous, courtesy the Black Metal sightseeing bus!The tour visits a rebuilt wooden church, once famously burned down by Varg Vikernes (aka Count Grishnackh), Euronymous and Bård 'Faust' Ethiun ...
Rene meets and chats to the guy who puts the 'blast' into northern hyperblast, Kataklysm's powerhouse sticksman Max Duhamel. They chat about touring, titty bars, tattoos and side projects, so stick around for the low-down!